The decomposed body of a rhino with its horn removed was found on Friday in Kaziranga National Park.

The adult male rhino was suspected to have been killed by poachers earlier this week. Forest guards found the carcass between the Pohumara and Rangamati camps in the Agratoli range after foul smell in the area, Park officials said on Friday.

This is the 21st rhino killed by poachers this year. According to the latest census conducted in March, there were 2,329 rhinos in the Park.

Meanwhile, to ensure better surveillance, the introductory test flight of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was held in the Park on April 8 this year. The CBI, on the request of the State government, will investigate three cases of one-horned rhino poaching.

The agency has registered three cases relating to rhino poaching, from July to September in 2012, in which the body parts of the animals were taken away. The incidents took place in areas of the Park falling under Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts.

Well said Mr. Varadan, I completely agree with you on the fact that we indians dont learn good things from the westerners. However the fore most reason behind killings of Rhino's in India is due to the big market for Rhino horn which exists in China and other South east Asian countries. I feel this menace can only be curtailed by bringing all the responsible countries on a platform for protection of Rhino's on the lines of Ivory trade regulations and the strict punishments to those found violating the rules. Poaching of 21 rhinos in the first three months of 2013 means by the end of the year we would have lost atleast 80 rhinos which translates to nearly 4 percent of the population being wiped of in a single year, may be in 25 years indian rhino will end up being extinct. Its indeed painful to see the Indian Rhino's going the way Cheetah's were hunted to extinction.

from:
Rabbind singh

Posted on: Apr 13, 2013 at 15:36 IST

We should poison/Color Dye the Rhino horn so the It cannot be used for any purpose just the way it was done in southAfrica. ONly then we will be able to save these animals

from:
sudhanva

Posted on: Apr 13, 2013 at 15:33 IST

This is another proof that we Indians lack not only civic sense (cleanliness), traffic sense + this Eco-sense/awareness. We copy Cricket and other things , culture from the western world but not the other good qualities they possess. The forest guards are not given the right equipments/weapons they deserve to defend themselves and the animals from the poachers, they are not well taken care off that is the ground reality

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